The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An informal portrait of P171 Warrant Officer II (WOII), later Lieutenant (Lt), Adrian J Leyden, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), standing in front of a US Army Piper Cub aircraft at a remote airstrip in a mountainous region. This village was briefly occupied by US Army Signal Corps members during that phase of the campaign. The unit had been testing new radio equipment which they successfully used to communicate with Finschhafen Headquarters.
An informal portrait of P171 Warrant Officer II (WOII), later Lieutenant (Lt), Adrian J Leyden (left), Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) and Lt Hank Griswold, US Army Signal Corps, tak
An informal group portrait of a US Signal Corps detachment on duty in a remote area behind the Finschhafen mountain ranges. Among them is a sole Australian patrol officer who set out to find them on
A group of local villagers gather together with American soldiers to mark the visit of their detachment from the US Army Signal Corps, led by Lieutenant (Lt) Hank Griswold (not pictured). This unit d
SONG RIVER, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-26. BUKI BOYS PREPARING THEIR COSTUME FOR A NATIVE SING-SING IN THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU) COMPOUND TO CELEBRATE THE RE OCC
SONG RIVER, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-26. MARKHAM RIVER BOYS DANCING AROUND A TOTEM POLE DURING A NATIVE SING-SING IN THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU) COMPOUND TO CELE
KAVIENG, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-21. A SMASHED JAPANESE BOMBER IN ITS REVETMENT AT KAVIENG AIRSTRIP. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP AT KAVIENG WI
